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Det var nära iallafall, det blev som sagt 54-45 och det krävdes 60 Ja.
Majoriteten stod för ja.
Republican Senator Joni Ernst.
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The amendment Ernst and Boxer put forward got 54 “yes” votes in the U.S. senate this afternoon, but needed 60 to pass. It would have given the president temporary authority to provide weapons and training directly to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq.
Ernst said too often the Kurds have to wait for delivery of military equipment from the Iraqi central government.
Kurds are the key to that goal.
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“Defeating ISIS is critical to maintaining an inclusive and unified Iraq and the Iraqi Kurds are the key to that goal,” Ernst said.
far too few positive” developments in Iraq, But when there are some, it’s often the Kurds who are often making that progress,
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In a speech on the senate floor yesterday, Ernst said there are “far too few positive” developments in Iraq these days.
“But when there are some, it’s often the Kurds who are often making that progress,” Ernst said.
Man menar att det redan finns länder som beväpnar direkt vilket dom också borde göra.
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Boxer then added: “This is a very modest amendment that just puts us in line with our colleagues the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Canada, France, Australia and others who already are directly arming the Kurds.”
http://www.radioiowa.com/2015/06/16/ernst-urges-direct-us-military-aid-to-kurdish-peshmerga/
Majoriteten verkar ha en mer pro-kurdisk hållning och ingen har iallafall en negativ syn vilket är positivt.
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Vi får inte glömma att vapnen kommer fram ändå, det handlar om att vara effektiv, det förekommer långa förseningar som har avbrutit olika offensiv.
Sen är det en amerikansk lag som står ivägen och därför behöver röstas igenom för att låta presidenten tillåta det ske.
Sverige har liknande lagar men tuffare/strängare.